Connect For Kids Information for North Shore Families

West Vancouver Family Place offers a drop-in program where you can play, learn and connect with your children in a caring, safe and welcoming environment! This interactive, play-based program for preschool children (infants to 5 years) and parents/caregivers at the West Vancouver Community Centre runs during the school year. Have a coffee or tea while making new friends and trying new activities. Snacks will be provided. Operated by Hollyburn Family Services Society, this drop-in program promotes your family’s well-being while fostering positive parenting and healthy child development. Come by and visit today.

Play, learn and discover literacy with your little one at the library! Attend a storytime, check out a Grow a Reader bag or explore our librarian’s picks for the best books, music and apps for preschoolers. Special programs include Parent-Child Mother Goose, Orff-Kodaly Music for Children, puppet shows and family coding programs.

As part of our partnership at the John Braithwaite Community Centre we operate the Family Centre which offers a variety of drop in programs for families and caregivers with children under six, including Mother Goose, story time, parent education workshops, young parent baby drop-in, post partum support, story time with a city librarian, a Fathers program and a program for grandparents, resource and children’s libraries and childminding (for specific programs only).

The Family Centre Makes A Difference!

Form friendships and connect with neighbours. Learn through new ideas, get helpful parenting support, and share common successes and challenges. Voice your opinions and make a difference! Connect with your children through play, laughter, stories and songs.

Let’s Learn Together is a parenting program open to parents and grandparents caring for young children. Participants will have the opportunity to make new friends and share their experiences raising children in Canada. Snacks are provided. Presented in Farsi and Mandarin.

The Attachment Parenting Program is a series of group sessions that teaches parents how to build a loving, safe and enjoyable relationship with their children. Attachment is the deep connection established between a child and caregiver that profoundly affects the child’s development and ability to express emotions and develop relationships. Free childminding is available. Presented in Farsi.

As part of our partnership at the John Braithwaite Community Centre we operate the Family Centre which offers a variety of drop in programs for families and caregivers with children under six, including Mother Goose, story time, parent education workshops, young parent baby drop-in, post partum support, story time with a city librarian, a Fathers program and a program for grandparents, resource and children’s libraries and childminding (for specific programs only).

The Family Centre Makes A Difference!

Form friendships and connect with neighbours. Learn through new ideas, get helpful parenting support, and share common successes and challenges. Voice your opinions and make a difference! Connect with your children through play, laughter, stories and songs.

Let’s Learn Together is a parenting program open to parents and grandparents caring for young children. Participants will have the opportunity to make new friends and share their experiences raising children in Canada. Snacks are provided. Presented in Farsi and Mandarin.

The Attachment Parenting Program is a series of group sessions that teaches parents how to build a loving, safe and enjoyable relationship with their children. Attachment is the deep connection established between a child and caregiver that profoundly affects the child’s development and ability to express emotions and develop relationships. Free childminding is available. Presented in Farsi.